diff --git a/src/services/moduleService.ts b/src/services/moduleService.ts
index 1d4d6e0..f237d8d 100644
--- a/src/services/moduleService.ts
+++ b/src/services/moduleService.ts
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ function listenerKey (moduleName: string, event: string): string {
   return `${moduleName}::${event}`
 }
 
-function ensureEventDispatcher (rpc: ModuleRpc): void {
-  if (wiredInstances.has(rpc as object)) {
+export function attachModuleEventDispatcher (rpcInstance: object): void {
+  if (wiredInstances.has(rpcInstance)) {
     return
   }
-  wiredInstances.add(rpc as object)
+  wiredInstances.add(rpcInstance)
+  const rpc = rpcInstance as ModuleRpc
   rpc.onModuleEvent(({ module, event, payload }) => {
     const set = listeners.get(listenerKey(module, event))
     if (set === undefined || set.size === 0) {
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ export class ModuleService {
     set.add(listener)
 
     void requireInitialized()
-      .then((rpc) => { ensureEventDispatcher(rpc as unknown as ModuleRpc) })
+      .then((rpc) => { attachModuleEventDispatcher(rpc as unknown as object) })
       .catch(() => { /* worklet not ready yet; init will attach the dispatcher */ })
 
     return () => {
diff --git a/src/services/workletLifecycleService.ts b/src/services/workletLifecycleService.ts
index 5459fe8..920cabc 100644
--- a/src/services/workletLifecycleService.ts
+++ b/src/services/workletLifecycleService.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import type { WorkletState } from '../store/workletStore'
 import HRPC from '@tetherto/pear-wrk-wdk/hrpc'
 import { createResolvablePromise } from '../utils/promise'
 import { bumpEpoch } from '../utils/workletEpoch'
+import { attachModuleEventDispatcher } from './moduleService'
 
 /**
  * Worklet Lifecycle Service
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ export class WorkletLifecycleService {
       }
 
       const hrpcInstance = new HRPC(IPC)
+      attachModuleEventDispatcher(hrpcInstance)
 
       const result = await hrpcInstance.workletStart({
         config: JSON.stringify(wdkConfigs),
diff --git a/tests/services/moduleService.test.ts b/tests/services/moduleService.test.ts
index f1ce7b9..b6d8b45 100644
--- a/tests/services/moduleService.test.ts
+++ b/tests/services/moduleService.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * Module-agnostic: it only forwards callModule/lifecycle/events by name.
  */
 
-import { ModuleService } from '../../src/services/moduleService'
+import { attachModuleEventDispatcher, ModuleService } from '../../src/services/moduleService'
 import { requireInitialized } from '../../src/utils/storeHelpers'
 
 jest.mock('../../src/utils/storeHelpers', () => ({
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ describe('ModuleService', () => {
   })
 
   describe('onModuleEvent', () => {
+    it('attaches eagerly without requiring an application listener', () => {
+      attachModuleEventDispatcher(mockHRPC)
+      attachModuleEventDispatcher(mockHRPC)
+
+      expect(mockHRPC.onModuleEvent).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    })
+
     it('fans out worklet events to subscribers and stops after unsubscribe', async () => {
       let dispatch: ((evt: { module: string, event: string, payload?: string | null }) => void) | undefined
       mockHRPC.onModuleEvent.mockImplementation((cb: typeof dispatch) => { dispatch = cb })
diff --git a/tests/services/workletLifecycleService.test.ts b/tests/services/workletLifecycleService.test.ts
index 59ca570..6cb537b 100644
--- a/tests/services/workletLifecycleService.test.ts
+++ b/tests/services/workletLifecycleService.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const mockWorkletStart = jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ status: 'success' }))
 const mockInitializeWDK = jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ status: 'success' }))
 const mockHRPCInstance = {
   workletStart: mockWorkletStart,
+  onModuleEvent: jest.fn(),
   ipc: mockWorkletInstance.IPC,
   initializeWDK: mockInitializeWDK,
 }
@@ -210,9 +211,12 @@ describe('WorkletLifecycleService', () => {
 
       expect(HRPC).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockWorkletInstance.IPC)
 
+      expect(mockHRPCInstance.onModuleEvent).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
       expect(mockHRPCInstance.workletStart).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         config: JSON.stringify(defaultNetworkConfigs),
       })
+      expect(mockHRPCInstance.onModuleEvent.mock.invocationCallOrder[0])
+        .toBeLessThan(mockHRPCInstance.workletStart.mock.invocationCallOrder[0])
 
       expect(mockStore.setState).toHaveBeenCalled()